The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-26 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our First Edition.) SHAFTESBURY. The proof of agency in regard to Messrs. Chitty and Buck land, who acted for the petitioners, bad not been finished when the f jomrnittee adjourned at a quarter to four. UL L. The Committ ee met this H morning at the usual hour. The CHAIRMAN said he had been directed by the Committee to state that whilst they disclaimed any intention of interfer ing with the mode in which Counsel should conduct the inte rests of tb it clients, they could not but regret the slow pro gress wh);:h had been made in this inquiry, equally injurious to both pp.rties. They, therefore, suggested that in cases where no ce. , ntradiction of the witnesses was attempted, the observe tures of Counsel should be as much as possible curtailed. Wm. Baker was the first vote objected to this morning. It appeared that at the last election he lived at Knottingley, and that before proceeding to Hull he received a sovereign from a person whom he did not know. On reacbing Hull he went to the Blue Committee-room in Seale-lane, where he saw Mr. Lee and several other persons, but being fresh at the ti;ne he could not recollect exactly what took place. He Tolled on that day for Wilberforce and James, and on the fol lowing morning went to the house of Mr. Lee, where he re ceived three sovereigns for his expenses. Another witness, Thomas Matson, was called, who deposed to having seen the voter at the Blue Committee-room on .Monday morning, and that he then showed him four sovereigns and a crown-piece, which he said he had got for polling. The Committee struck off the vote, on the ground that leVilliam Baker had been bribed. George Goole, currier, was next objected to. It appeared that the voter resides at Pocklington, and that on the morning after the election he went to the Blue Committee-room, where Mr. Quin, who appeared to be acting as Chairman, paid h'm two sovereigns for his expenses. The voter, it also turned out, left Pocklington on the Saturday and did not return until Tuesday. Mr. W*ANOHAM contended that this was only a fair remu neration for this man's loss of time, and that there could be no bribery in the trans,Action, as no promise or inducement had been held out to •.;rie voter before the election, in order to in fluence his vot,!.. The Conr.mittee struck off the vote, and then adjourned until to-marrow morning. PRIVATE BUSINESS IN PARLIA- MENT.-(THIS DAY.) SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS. Mr. SHAW LEFEVhE in the chair. Cambridge Inclosure.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. Caithness Roads.—Petition for Bill read. Notices proved. Unopposed. Standing Orders complied with. COMMITTEE ON BILL (WELSH LIST). Sir JOHN OWEN in the Chair. Tenby Improvement and Harbour Bill.—A great deal of time was taken up with a consultation in which the parties for and against this Bill endeavoured to effect an arrangement of points in dispute. Several clauses of the Bill were afterwards gone into, but nothing of any importance wal agitated. We think it likely the Bill will pass through the Committee.—Adjourned until to-morrow at twelve o'clock. FISHGUARD HARBOUR BILL.—(WALES LIST.) Mr. POCLETT THOMPSON in the Chair. Mr. HARRISON addressed the Committee for the Bill, con tending that the Bill was most necessary, and that great in justice would be perpetrated towards the inhabitants, as well as great injury to the trade of the place, by its being withheld. Mr. Young, lately an Hon. Member of the House, was ex amined by Mr. limuttsorc. —Witness stated that the Fishguard Harbour was a good port, and would afford a commodious and safe anchorage for vessels in all weathers, should the im provements be adopted. In his opinion the Bill was requisite —would be of great advantage to the town, port, and trade. Cross-examined by Mr. HILDYARD.—Knows the place well, and was convinced that the Improvements and Harbour would be of the greatest advantage ; could sneak, as from his own knowledge, that the harbour would afford commodious azti safe anchorage, &c. Mr. HILDYARD afterwards entered into a very long address to the Committee, the object of which Ras to enforce the necessity of a passing toll, as a most just and equitable method towards defra)ing the expenses. The Learned Counsel argued that it would be most unjust to exclude such passing toll from the Bill ; and he intimated that he feared such would be its fate; as he could not help perceiving in the minds of certain Hon. Members a tendency against a passing toll. This he had gathered from certain questions that had been put by Hon. Members to the witness. The aftdress of the Learned Council took up a great length of time, its whole ten Icncy being to carry the point of the toll. The SPEAKER being at prayers, the Committee adjourned until to-morrow at twelve o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. M. O'CONNELL took the o:iths and his seat for Tralce, in the room of Mr. Bateman, ialio was unseated by a Com mittee. Sir G. STAUNTON presented a petition, signed by all parties in favour of the Bill for establislii:q a floating bridge between that borcugh and Gosport. - CITY POLICE. Mr. Alderman WOOD brought in the Day and Night Car Police Bill. Mr. HA WES thought it right to 1,-ive his Hon. Friend no tice that he objected to the principle of the Bill, and that when the proper time came he should take the sense of the Howe upon it. He only stated this for the purpose of giving his Hon. Friend notice. Mr. Alderman WOOD—That is quite notice enough.— (Laughter. ) Mr. Alderman WOOD brought up the r, , pert of the Com mittee on the Notting-hill Foctway Bill. Mr. HALL gave notice that he should, at the proper time, take the sense of the House upon that Bill.—( Hear.) SEXTONS' FEES. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the Sextons and parish Clerks of the metropolis, complaining of the great falling off of their fees and emoluments, in consequence of the esta blishment of public Cemeteries, and praying for compensation. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. Mr. GIAI.,LON presented a petition fro it Lanark, in favour of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill. DUBLIN ELECTION. Lord SEYMOUR. brought up the report of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return for the City of Dublin, declaring that Daniel O'Connell and Robert Hutton, E:qs., were duly elected to serve in Parlia ment as burgesses for said City, that the petition of Edward Cottingham and others was not frivolous nor vexatious, and that the of position thereto wes not frivolous nor vexatious. Sir GEORGE ST RICK L AND brought up the Barnsley Small Debt Bill, which was read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed. PORTSMOUTH FLOATING BRIDGE BILL. Mr. BA RING moved the second reading of the Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill. Sir E. CODRINGTON entered his protest against the second reading of this Bill. With respect to that harbour, it was well known that some of the largest ships cf war were at present compelled to take out their guns in order to get into port. The bridge now projected would be a further nuisance, and if the House proceeded in that way, they would soon un dermine the maritime power of the country. The Company was also to have a monopoly of boats, and for that reason he feared the bridge would he very frequently out of order. On these grounds he should decidedly oppose the Bill. Sir T. TROUBRIDGE said that the Admiralty did not give their consent carelessly to so important a point as was involved in the present Bill. The Admiralty had not given their consent to this measure without mature consideration. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Mr. HUTTON presented petitions from a Presbyterian congregation and others in Dublin, for the abolition of the apprenticeship system. Mr. ROBERT PALMER presented similar petitions from places in Berkshire. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented similar petitions from Suffolk. Mr. BRISCOE presented a similar petition from Preston. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented similar petitions from Yorkshire. A great number of similar petitions were presented by Sir J. Graham and other Members, but we did not hear the names. Lord SANDON presented several petitions from Liver pool to the same effect. ENDOWMENT TO THE SCOTCH CHURCH. Mr. C. L USHING TON presented a petition from the friends of civil and religious liberty, agreed to at a public meeting in the City of London Tavern on the ith of March, stating that the report of the Commissioners on religious instruction in Scotland showed there was no want of Church accommodation, and that in Edinburgh and Glasgow there were many thousand sittings unlet. The petitioners also stated that the Dissenters of Scotland had erected from seven to eight hundred places of worship, and that the Church of Scotland ought to bear the expense of their religious establishment, and the petitioners therefore prayed that no grant be made in form of additional endowments, but that the ecclesiastical establishment of Scotland might h 3 left to its own resources. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Mr. PEASE presented sixteen petitions from Durham and Lancaster, praying for the termination of the Negro Appren ticeship system. BELFAST ELECTION PETITION. Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented a petition against the return of Lord Belfast and Mr. Gibson for Belfast, stating that Mr. Tennent, one of the sitting Members, having been desired to produce certain deeds of documents re lating to the property in respect of which he claimed to be qu a lifi e d , he required a sum of money for h i s expenses in travelling to Belfast, and that he also claimed 10/. for return ing expenses to Belfast, amounting in the whole to 451. 103. The other of the present sitting Members, Mr. Dunbar also claimed expen ses to the amount of 421. Is. He also claimed 101. for returning expenses to Belfast, which was, however, not allowed by Mr. Rose the examining officer. The peti tioners submitted that the officer of the House had erroneously passed these expenses, and they prayed for some amendment in the regulations of the House!on this subject. He (Mr. M O'Connell) would move that this petition be brought up, and he would afterwards move that it be printed, giving notice that ha would bring the subject forward on Thursday. Mr. W. CURRY presented a petition from Armagh, against the Irish Poor-law Bill, also a petition from an individual residing in the same place, stating that he had invented a ma chine which was likely to prove useful to persons engaged in agricultural pursuits, but owing to the expence of taking out patents in Ireland, he had been unable to publish it. He, therefore, prayed the House to take the law of patents into consideration, with a view to diminish the expence relating thereto. Mr. THORNLEY presented a petition from Stoke-upon- Trent, signed by 215 electors of that Borough, complaining of the intimidation and corruption which was practised at the last election, and praying for the protection of vote by Ballot, and the abolition of the rate-paying Clauses of the Reform Bill. BONDED 'CORN. Col. SEALE brought in the Bill for the grinding of foreign corn in bond for exportation, which was read a first time. Lord HILLSBOROUGH presented a petition from Braintree, Essex, in favour of the rating of small tenements. Mr. J. E. ELLIOT presented a petition from Galashiels against any additional endowments to the Church of Scotland. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from certain electors of Roxburgshire, stating that the evidence taken before the Committee relative to that election, and which was ordered to be laid on the table of the House, was ail ex-parte, no evidence having been heard on behalf of the sitting Member ; that it contained exaggerations, and in some cases positive untruths, by which opinions prejudicial to the petitioners might be formed. They prayed the House to pass no resolution by way of censure on them, on evidence derived in this manner, with out a full enquiry into all the circumstances attending the late election at Hawick. NEGRO SLAVERY. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND in the absence of Sir Eardiey Wilmot, who was prevented attending from severe indisposition, begged leave to withdraw the notice which stood for to-morrow, on the subject of the abolition of the negro apprenticeship system.—Agreed to. Sir ROBERT PEEL believed the Hon. Gent. had him self given a notice upon the subject. Sir G. STRICKLAND—For the Thursday following. THE POST OFFICE. Mr. COLQUHOUN begged to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, whether the Irish Government had sanc tioned the taxation of a newspaper, the Cashel Missionary He rald, in its progress through the Post-office. He believed the only objection to the paper was, that it was the advocate of Protestant principles, and was condemned strongly by Dcctor M'Hale, the Catholic Archbishop of the diocese. Lord MORPETH had made the necessary enquiries at the Post-office, the matter not being within his cognizance, or in his department. From the report of the authorities there, it appeared that the Paper in question was not known as a Newspaper, and was therefore charged with postage. The usual course was then taken of referring to the Stamp office, and afterwards to the Treasury, for its sanction. By the enclosed letter from Lord Lichfield it appeared that his Lordship said it should be considered as a Newspaper, and should pass free.—( Hear, hear.) Colonel PE RCE VAL asked whether the Noble Lord was aware of the fact that it had been transmitted to him from the country since its commencement? Lord M 0 R PET H—l have stated all I know on the sub ject—l know nothing whatever of the paper.—( Hear.) MUTINY BILL.—BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord HO WIC K moved the Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee of the whole House on the Mutiny Bill. The SPEAKER said it was necessary to call the attention of the Hon. Member to a resolution passed at the beginning of the Session, that no motion could be brought on on Fridayslor Mondays on moving the Order of the Day, unless it had a direct bearing upon the question before it. Captain BOLD E RO was not taken by surprise at the ob servations that had been made by the Chair. He had given notice, on his first taking a seat in that House, that he should move for leave to bring in a Bill relative to military punish ment. Some short time since, the Noble Lord opposite Hovvick) stated to him that when the Mutiny Bill was brought forward, that would be the proper time for his introducing his motion. He had waited till the Bill was introduced, and upon that occasion the Noble Lord had promised him that he should have an opportunity of bringing his motion for ward when the Bill was under discussion fur a second reading. Tlic! Bill had been read a second time without his knovvlege, and under such circumstances he trusted the House would not consider him out of order if be brought his motion for ward. Lord HO WICK thought that the Hon. Member had nct taken a correct view of what had really taken place. The fact was th it the Mutiny Bill had been read a second time with• out discussion, upon the understanding that the discus sion was to be taken upon the Bill in Committee. The Honourable Member, therefore, had lost nothing by the Bill being read a second time. With respect to the objec tion now taken, he would respectfully ask the Chair whether the resolution of the House did not arise more with respect to the reading of the Order of the Day than bringing thet:ubject in vol. ed in the notice of the Hon. Mernter under discussion. He (Lord H.) presumed that the House had now agreed to the reading of the Orders of the Day for the House going into Committee on the Mutiny Bill. For his own part, he had no objection whatever to the Hon. Member making his mo tion, provided he could do so consistently with the rules of the House. The SPEAK ER said, that his reason for mentioning the s& - ject was, that the present was the first case of the kind that had occurred. He only wished that the House should come to some clear underst:mding upon the question for his °Tr! guidance. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Speaker had no doubt stated the case very properly, but he (Lord J. Russell) hal always intended that the Hon. and Gallant Member should bring on his motion upon that stage of' the Bill. He had no objection to the motion being proceeded with, and perhaps the Gallant Gentleman might frame his motion in some other shape. Sup pose he was to move an instruction to the Committee to postpone the punishment clauses ; in such a case he might effect his object, and at the s2me time avoid coming in collision with the rules of the House. Sir R. PEEL said the proposition of the Noble Lord was so preposterous that it could not f,r a moment be entertained. Perhaps the Noble Lord would allow the original mo ion to he brought on, as it was impossible that the [louse could agree to an instruction to the Committee to postpone the Mutiny Bill until some other Committee had reported. Mr. GOULBURN said the motion of the Galiant Member w; . ls perfectly analogous to the subject which was before the [louse. The SPEAKER. made sonic observations which were not heavd in the rallerv. Lord JOll N R IiSSE L L wished only to observe, that he considered they ought to adhere to the ancient rule of the House, which was, that when the question was put that the Speaker do leave the Chair, any motion, made ought to have a direct bearing on the question at issue. He though' it was according to the ancient rule of the House, that after the question had been put, that the Speaker do leave the Chair, no motion be made which had not a direct relation to the Bill ehich was to be committed. He would not now object to the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Member being brought forward on this occasion, and considered as having a direct relation to the Bill. IRISH POOR-LAW BILL. In answer to a question from Mr. LUCAS, Lord J. RUSSELL said that what he meant to do with the Irish Relief Bill was, that it should go through the Committee, and be reported pro forma, in order that it should be printed with the amendments, and that the Report be taken into con sideration on a future day. Mr. F. FRENCH said, that having seen it reported that the 46 clause of this Bill relating to Medical Charities was t o be retained, begged t o a s k the Noble Lord ( Nlorpeth) whe ther that report was true ? Lord MORPETH said it was quite unfounded. ELECTION COMMITTEES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that seeing the Noble Lord (Stanley) opposite, he wished to say that he had no intention himself to propcse a Committee on the controverted points before Election Committees ; but if his Noble Friend pro posed the Committee, he would give it every assistance. Lord S 1 ANL E Y said that he had not had time to look to the points which were in dispute, and he was not prepared at present to give an answer. MILITARY PUNISHMENTS. Captain BA LDER 0, who was for some minutes utterly inaudible in the gallery in consequence of the noise made by Members leaving the House, rose to bring forward his motion respecting rewards and punishments in the army. A Commission had been appointed on this subject, and com posed of honourable and intelligent men. But none of its Mem bers appeared favourable to the abolition of coporal punishment. nor was any medical witness named except or,e, and he, not upon the general question. This discussion recommended seve ral alterations in the system of military punishments. And he, (Capt. Boldero) moved on this occasion fora Committee to con sider whether these alterations had been beneficial to the army. Let the House compare the system of punishment now carried on with that practised ten years ago. Then a crime was visited with 1,000 lashes, which now was punished by only too. Public opinion was decidedly to to that cruel and revolting punishment, and several military friends of his took a greal pride in carrying on discipline by milder means. He now asked the House for a Committee to ascertain whether a substitute could not be found for corporal punishment. When they looked round and saw the vast improvements that had of late years taken place in their civil and political relations it surely might be thoght judicious to extend these improve ments to the military department. As a military man he was conscious of the importance of maintaining discipline. An army without di sc ipli ne , was an ungover n e d mo b in time of peac e , an d i n t i me o f war was li a bl e t o a ll excesses . Punishments must bear a relative proportion to the crimp committed. A priso ner pun i s h e d f or a cr i me i n excess , received the commiseration of his fellow-men, and that proved that all punishment ought to be founded upon the fundamental principles implanted in the human breast —mercy and justice. I t h a d o f ten b een as k e d w h y the British soldier, who was certainly the best in Europe was the only one who was subj ec t e d to t h e punishment of the lash. The fact was nine-tenths of the crimes in the British army arose from drunkenness ; but did no other soldier drink ? Certrinly, the German soldier drank d eep l y , b ut teere was generally a ' glimmering of reason left in him. The French soldier drank to a certain extent—he drank to a limited degree, and it was very rare that a French soldi er was to be seen drunk. The British soldier drank till he was beastly drunk—all his reason flew from him. What was the use of punishment to a man in a state of intoxication ? Punishment had no ef fect on him whatever. The more the punishment, the more the crime ; the less the punishment the less the crime. What is the best punishment for a drunkard The best punishment for a drunkard, as experience has shown, is to take away from the companionship of his dissipated follies men—to keep him in prison ; and that sort of confinement had been proved to have a better effect on the disposition of men than all the stripes that could be inflicted. He proposed to limit the inquiry to home service, and he presumed he should be favoured with the vote of the Honourable and Gallant Member for Westminster. He thought it would be dan gerous to abolish corporal punishment altogether.—( Hear.) What was the system established by the Gallant Officer opposite (Sir G. De Lacy Evans) in Spain ? He pro mulgated an order that the Provost-marshal, or his as sistant, might inflict summary punishment on the British. He (Captain Boldero) thought that this was contrary to the Articles of War. The Gallant Officer had em powered the Provost-marshal or his assistant to inflict sum marily a certain number of stripes on any man, provided the Provost-marshall either witnessed the offence or had it proved by competent witnesses. Now this was directly opposed to the articles of war, which ordered that no summary punishment should be inflicted, unless in cases where the Provost-marshall actually witnessed the crime. What were the opinions of the officers who had served in the Legion with respect to this proceeding. Brigadier General Shaw stated that neither he or his fellow-officers approved of the system of punishing a soldier at the discretion of a subal tern, because the subaltern generally knew less about soldiery than the man whom he punished.—( Hear, hear.) The Mutiny Act limited the powers of the Provost Marshall, and he would ask the Hon. and Gallant Officer if the Provost marshal appointed under him had not frequently exceeded his powers ; if he had not, in one case, violated the provisions of the Mutiny Act, by punishing a woman ?—( Hear, hear.) He had at least seen a statement in the public newspapers to that effect, and he thought the Gallant Officer was bound, in justice to his own character and to the cause of humanity, to contradict that statement, if it were not true. He had visited the Penitentiary, and was much pleased with the order and cleanliness of the place—the place was well ventilated, and there was a degree of comfort which rendered the punishment almost nominal. In the Coldbath-fields prison, however, the matter was entirely different—there, there was the treadmill—there was none at the Penitentiary. He wanted to know bow it was that ashen a soldier was sent to the Penitentiary, he should receive a worse diet than a felon. He was entitled to as much food as a felon, and ought to have it. He admitted that the punishment in Coldbath Fields was severe, but when a soldier was sent there, and put on the treadmill, he ought to be there for a few hours, but then to put him in solitary confinement, and even if it were with only bread and water, fill Lie belly, and then they might abolish flogging. Then, as to Vie system of rewards, he begged leave to read an extract from the work of Colonel Napier, which would chew that rewards properly distributed would tend greatly to promote good order. Then as to the system of enlistment— they now enlisted for life, and what was the con sequence ? In the Penitentiary that day he had seen a fine young man who was confined for putting his hand upon the musket, and sending the ball through his hand, because, as he said, they held him a prisoner for life ; had it been for ten years he would have served with pleasure, but he could not go on without hope. The pens'on of a soldier bad been seduced from one shil ling to sixpence a day. Was not such a proceeding, he would ask, totally uncalled for, and nnworthy of a Libera IGo vernment. To show that during peace corporal punishment might be dispensed with, he had only to refer to the opinions of the Committee on the subject, who were adverse in such cases to the punishment altogether. The reasons given by that Committe were strong in the extreme, as were those given by the Gallant Colonel opposite.-_( Hear, hear, hear.) rt He l e had e punishment,H o alluded us eto already its butefr,hce s t t othe e .h_ad( notis Hear.) a se • r. yetr)i t of h y It t calledwt a e system of s qthuei quite e attention c or of impossible po t! conceive the effects of corporal p un i s h ment , b ut t h e ima gmation might guess what they were. At every blow nine farrows were inflicted in the most sensitive part of the human frme; and when they recollectee the pride of the British soldier, they might imagine what his sufferings of mind and body were. That it did not end there—a long and tedious illness followed, and mortification and death sometimes e , osued. Let the Ho use ass i s t hi m i n putting- an end to that abominable system and they would deserve the best thanks of the friends of humanity and of the British army. The Hon. and Gallant Member concluded by moving for the appointment of a Select Committee to enquire into the pre sent system of military rewards and pnnishments. Sir G. SINCLAIR seconded the motion. He should 1 ke to se.a the lash abolished from British regiments. Colonel DAVIES should oppose the motion for this simple reason, that a Committee had been appointed before that Committee had every species of evidence before it which could by any possibility be obtained, and lie therefore did not see that any good result would follow the appointment of another Committee. —( Hear, hear.) He thought, however, that the experiment of abolishing altogether corporal punishment might be safely made. He thought that if Commissions were reserved for soldiers who had served ten or twelve years in the army, (the cha racter of the soldiery: would be improved, by placing before them the payment of such a reward for their services arid this would go further to reform them than the present system could ever accomplish. Mr. PO ULTE R rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING). THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 183 S HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at five minutes past Five o'clock. Lord DURHAM presented petitions from Belmont, and several other places, praying for the abolition of Negro appren ticeship. Also a petition from Glasgow, and one from Dun barton, against any further endowment to the Church of Scotland. Likewise a petition from Newport, and from an ether place, in favour of Vote by Ballot ; and a petition from the Corporation of Glasgow, praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws. Lord ROSE BE RY presented a petition from Stirling against any further endowment to the Church of Scotland. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented a petition from the clergy, gentry, bankers, traders, and inhabitant house holders of the city of Hereford, signed by 1,466, praying for the abolition of Negro apprenticeship ; alsoia petition from the Independent Dissenters of Hereford to the like effect ; and similar petitions from the Dissenting congregation of Lady Huntingdon's Chapel, and from the Primitive Me thodists of the same city. Earl SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Dork ing:, highly respectably signed, praying for the abolition of Negro slavery. The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions from reli. gious congregations of a great many different places in Man chester, Salford, and Chester, praying for the immediate emancipation of the apprenticed slaves. The Right It,. v. Prelate's opinions on this subject very much accorded with his Right Rev. Friend's alio addressed the House the other night. No one could hear what had been said, and read what had been wri . ten on this subject,: without feeling that both parties were subject to great difficulties and temptations, so that it could not be doubted that it was desirable the a pprenticeship sys tem should be put a speedy end to.—( Hear, hear.) In his . . op.mon it might be put an end to with perfect safety. Lord CARLISLE presented a petition from Morpeth, praying for a total abolition of slavery. Lord RADNOR presented a petition from Maidenhead, to the same effect. The Duke of CLEVELAND presented petitions from several places in the county of Durham, to the same effect. Lord FOLE Y presented several petitions of a similar nature. The Marquis of SLIG 0 presented petitons from numerous Dissenting places of worship in Oldham, Saddleworth, Ash ten-under-Line, Croydon, Banbury, and several other places, praying for the immediate abolition of negro ap. prenticeship ; and a petition from the Wesleyan Chapel in Whitefriars- street, Dublin, signed by 500 persons, to the same effect. The Noble Marquis wished to take this opportunity , of stating, that he had had communications from two per sons connected with Jamaica on this subject. One was from Mr. Morris Jones, the custos of the parish, a gentleman of very large property in the West Indies, and he stated that he looked with the greatest anxiety to the emancipation of the Negro apprentices. He believed it would be for the i n t eres t o f the Planter, as well as for the interest of the Negro, that that emancipation should take place without delay. The other communication was from a large proprietor in the parish of St. James's, in which he did him (the Marqnis of Sligo) the honour of approving of what he had done, and stated that he had • directed his Manager in the West Indies to adopt the very same plan—(Hear, hear)—but thvt he feared, unless other Managers could be brought to take the same course, much difficulty might be ex pected. He requested him (the Noble Marquis) to move as an amendment to Lord Glenelg's Bill that minors and wards in the Court of Chancery and guardians should be enabled to emancipate their slaves. Lord ABERDEEN presented a petition from Dundee, against additional endowments to the Church of Scotland. The Noble Lord said that he had presented this petition because it had been sent to him with a request that he should present it, although it was unnecessary for him to state that he did not concur in its prayer; and that he should take this opportunity of giving notice, that on Friday next he should move for certain returns on this subject, and again draw the attention of her Majesty's Ministers to what he had say upon it. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Lord HOLLAND presented petitions from Preston and its vicinity, in favour :of tho immediate ;abolition of Negro apprenticeship. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Edinburgh, agreed to at a public meeting held in that City, th e Mayor being in the Chair, against further endowments to the Church of Scotland ; also petitions praying for the immediate abolition of Negro apprenticeship, from the foll Owing places :—Borough of Stockpert, and it s v i c i nity, signed by the Mayor, and 5,562 of the inhabitants, from several Dissenting congregations of the same borough, fromiStamford, —from places in the counties of Chester, Kent, Rutland, and Lancaster, from Winslow, Scarborough, Yarmouth, Penzance, Nortliallerton, Stirling, Boston, S u db ury, Oldham, Bradford, Thirsk, Bath, Huddersfield, Matlock, South Mt 1- ton, Holywell, Gainsborough, Colchester, Coventry, Dundalk, Bridgnorth, Lincoln, Pershore, Knaresborough, Coverley, Tralee, Hearthery, six from Ashton-under-Lyne. The Noble Lord also presented similar petitions from Hyde, Horsley, and several other places. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from the Piotestant Dissenters of London, which was agreed to at a meeting held at the City of London Tavern, against any additional endowment to the Church of Scotland; also similar petitions from Irvine and Salt eoates. The Nobl© Lord stated that he had a vast number of similar petitions to present, but he would reserve them for to-morrow. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from Nor wich and other places for the abolition of Negro Slavery. The Marquis of L ANSD OWN E presented petitions from Cornwall and several other places, praying their Lordships to adopt some measure for the purpose of putting an end to the present mode of collecting tithes in Ireland. The Noble Marquis also presented petitions from Westbury and Devizes against negro slavery. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented petitions to the same effect from Canterbury, and several other places. The Right Rev. Prelate also presented a petition signed by twenty-three Clergymen of the Church of England at Birming ham, and a similar number of Dissenting Clergymen, against the interference of the servants of the East India Company, relative to the superstitions of the inhabitants of Hindostan. The petitioners felt bound to address themselves to their Lordships on this important subject, and prayed that such or ders might be forthwith sent out as would procure the imme diate abolition of all idolatrous worship in India, and release all persons, whether civil or military, from any obligation to take part in any ceremonies, rites, or festivals what ever connected with the superstitions of that country. It was frequently said that such petitions proceeded from per sons of heated imaginations who were desirous of promoting these objects without any regard to the consequences that might ensue. Their Lordships would except the petitioners from the charge, when he stated that they proceeded upon an undoubted authority. The shortest way of putting them in possession of the question, was to refer to the papers sent out by the Directors containing these instructions, on the 20th of February, 1833, which entered minutely into the subject. The Rev. Prelate read the iustructions, which were of consi derable length, and proceeded to say that the delay which had taken place in carrying those instructions into effect, was viewed with great impatience by the Christian public in India, and numerous petitions had been presented to the Supreme Court on the subject. He then read a letter from the Bishop of Madras, complaining of the delay, and as we understood, recommending the abolition of the pilgrim tax. For four years after the passing these instructions nothing was done. On the 22d of February, 1837, another resolution was passed, in which the directors called for further information, and said that the genral consideration of the subject would be resumed as soon as that information was obtained. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a petition to the same effeef, in which he entirely concurred. The Right Reverend Prelate observed when the pilgrims in India saw the idolotrous worship protected by theßritish Govern ment, they would naturally conclude that all the efforts made by this country to disseminate Christianity among them were not made in sincerity.—( Hear. ) The Bishop of LONDON also supported the prayer of these petition. (LEFT SPEAKING.) COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY). Ships arrived since Per Too: s. d. Bunion ... Chester M ain Lease's Main Meil9msley (unscreenel) 2O 0 South Hartley 22 0 Walls End Bewicke and Ca.— 2:3 9 Walls End Clark and Co. l9 0 Walls End Ge , forth Walls End Hilda 2l 6 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killinvvoith Walls End Newmarck 2O 0 Walls End Northumberland 2O 3 Walls End Perkins l9 0 Walls End Braddyll's Hetto t2i 3 Wall; End Has•...ell .. :6 5 Walls End Hetton 27 0 last market—day. 44. Per ion. Walls End Lambton 27 0 Walls End Stewart's 27 0 Walls End Hartlepool 27 0 Ditto Braddyll's Iletton 26 3 Walls End Adelaide Walls End Barrett ' 3 3 Walls End Gordon 23 0 WallslEnd Nevin's Tanfield 19 0 Walls End Seymoug Tees 22 6 Walls End St. Helen's Tees '23 6 Walls End Tees 25 9 Walls End West Tees l9 6 Blythe lB 6 Howard's Netherton Main 20 6 Llangetinech Coal Walls End Urpeth TATTERSALL'S-(THIS EVENING.) THE DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—taked 11 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Nonplus colt—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey 111omus—taken 25 to 1 agst Ld G. Bentinck's D'Egville—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—taken 17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's Young Rowton—taken 20 to I agst Mr. H. Coombes's Cobham—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Richard Roe 30 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's Monc Adam 32 to 1 agst Sir J. 11ills's Volunteer—taken 17 to 1 agst Ld Exeter's Alemdar—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Quo Minus—offered 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Bretby—offered 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Tranby's dam colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. A. Smith's Cracker—taken 26 to 1 agst Captain Berkeley's Bullion—taken 1000 to 10 agst Lord Wilton's Davie Gellatley—offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards's Drum-major—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Worrall's Dormouse—taken 1000 to 15 agst Lord Warwick's Lady Neville colt—taken THE OAKS. 9 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Calliste—taken 9 to I agst Lord Jersey's Glenara—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Mary Gray—taken after offered 12 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Ninny—taken Lord Berners horse is (lead. BEGGARS FOR A BADGE. We have often been amused by the efforts made by the Committee of Baronets, to obtain the Royal licence to wear a collar and a badge; and if those simple gentlemen would like to mount a badge, whether in the form of a livery-button, a shoulder-knot, a gold hat-band or any other outward mark of distinction, we see no reason why her Majesty should not gra tify them by granting so innocent an indulgence. Her Majesty must be yet young enough to recollect with pleasure the toys wherewith her nursery hours were solaced, and surely her kind heart cannot refuse a toy to these grown children, aye, and a place in the raree show of the Coronation also, if they require it A good thing cannot be made too cheap, and if titles of honour, ribands, and baubles be good things, they should be diffused amongst the community as much as possible. But the Committee of Baronets have all the beautiful simplicity of mind which characterises childhood, as well as its fondness for toys ; for we find them addressing a circular to each member of their "order," requesting concurrence in their petition for a top knot, in which they say, '6 If you do not positively ex press your dissent in writing, on or before the day of the ge neral meeting, the Committee will deem that you assent, and will accordingly append your name to the petition." Some of the most valuable discoveries have been made by accident ; the safety-valve of the steam-engine is said to have been the invention of a lazy child, and we think the " Com mittee of Ba rone t s " hav e here struck out a plan of getting up petitions which must take, especially in Conservative circles, to which we suspect these big boys generally belong. Fancy what shoals_ of petitions we should have for the repeal of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill if tine Bishop of Exeter should write to all the freeholders of a county, or to all the electors of a city, or to all the male adults of his diocese, and say, " If you do not positively express your dis sent in writing on or before the day of the general meeting the Committee will deem that you assent, and will accordingly append your name to the petition." What host s o f names wou ld be " appended to the petition" whose owners had thrown the circular behind the fire with an exclamation of "confound his impudence." Or suppose Mr. Minter Hart or Mr. Savage of the Haymarket, should address circulars to the monied men of the city, informing them that unless th e y " expresse d t h e i r p os itive dissent in writing" before a specified day their names would be " appended" to certain bills of exchange ; what would the Old Bailey lawyers (sad foes to many clever contrivances) say to this ingenious invention ? Now it so happened that one of these circulars was sent to Sir J. S. Sebright, a Baronet whose mind had grown to man's estate, and we suspect the Committee of the " lately breeched" must have felt their ears and seats tingle with the recollections o f sc h o l ast i c correct i on , w hen they read Sir John's manly and sensible reply to their Secretary's cir cular:_ "I shall be obliged to you to inform the Committee that it would, in my opinion, have taken a most unwarrantable liberty with my name by appending it to any petition without my con sent, and more particularly to one that would have subjected me to ridicule. As the Committee may, perhaps, upon some future occa sion, consider silence as assent, I must take the liberty of stating, in answer to several circulars that I have received from them, that I disapprove all their proceedings, which can only tend to throw ridicule upon the order, and to make it even less respected than it now is." Poor little fellows I After all we are not quite sure that Sir John has not been too hard upon their childish agitation. Only the " appending his name" to a petition without his c onsent, looks like carrying child's play too far. Some order m ust be kept even amongst children, and forgery is an awk ward practice, whether for little or great boys._ IVeekly True Sun. LONGEVITY.—Died, on the 7th instant, at Bal lybrow, in the parish of Powerscourt, aged 110 years, Mary Heffernan. She was eleven years of age at the time of the hard frost which commenced 1739. She wet nursed the late M r . Robin Walker, who died about eight years since at the advanced age of 80. This aged woman's faculties continued perfect till within a few hours of her death. During the last year of her life she was able frequently to walk to Ennis kerry, a distance of two miles, and return the same day. An old man lately died in the Rue de Tournon, who was was well-known in the quarter, and has left a considerable sum of money. Nothing could equal the avarice of this man. During the late cold winter ho imposed upon himself the greatest privations : he only warmed himself once a-day, and that at a candle, which he li,gh:ell for a few minutes before throwing himself on a miserable bed. His food consisted of almost putrid meat, which he procured at a low price ; and the only coat of which he was possessed was inherited by him from an uncle in 1796 1 He used to say, What particularly distresses me is my feeble sight. When I meet any o f my ac quaintances I sometimes mistake them for poor men, and say to them, God bless you It is so much lost I"—Galig nani's Messager. There is said to be now living in Switzerland a man, w ho, in consequence of successive attacks of paralysis, has lost his sense of seeing, hearing, and speaking, but still retains those of feeling and smelling. The only mode of conversing with him is through the peculiarly exquisite sensibility he has in the nape of the neck, where the most minute touch is per ceived by him, and by means of which his friends have con trived to create a species of language f o r the communication of his wishes, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 24. EDWARDS V. GOODWIN. This was a bill praying an account of the assets of the estate of a testatrix, and a distribution among the creditors. The testatrix, Mrs. Smith Anthony, had kept the Centre Hotel, at Buxton, in Derbyshire, for a number of years, and at her death, in 1828, she made a will, directing her real and personal estate to be applied to the payment of her debts, and appointing the defendant, Goodwin, and a person named Brittlebank, her executors. There was no real estate, and the personalty appearing to be insufficient to satisfy the cre• ditors, an arrangement was entered into, by which the Duke of Devonshire, through his agent, consented to accept a fourth part of the same due to him for rent, on the condition that simple contract creditors, being tradesmen of Buxton, were paid their demands in full ; and on the understanding that the executors were to keep the hotel open during the season of 1828. This arrangement was carried into effect in part. The hotel was kept open for the season of 1828, with the knowledge and consent of the creditors, and also for the season of 1829, without their avowed concurrence. In both seasons there was a loss; and after the payment of a debt due to the Duke of Devonshire there remained no sum to pay the creditors. Under these circumstances, the plaintiff sought to make the executors responsible for the losses sustained by carrying on the business of the hotel in 1829. After hearing the arguments of Counsel, the LORD CHANCELLOR thought it impossible to come to any satisfactory conclusion in the present state of the cause, and he, therefore, directed an account to be taken of the receipts and payments up to the end of 1828, and an inquiry as to what circum stances, and under whose authority, the hotel had been kept open in the season of 1829. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LrrE.Nrooz, 11.4Rez 23. The Assizes for the Northern Division of Lancashire com menced here to-day. The calendar is heavy in point of crime, though not in the mere number of prisoners. There are 66 prisoners, six of whom are charged with murder, and eleven with manslaughter. The cause list is very large, there being 175 causes entered. CROWN COURT.-Joseph Buckeley was indicted for bigamy. The prisoner had had frequent disagreements with his first wife, who wished to reside at her mother's. This the pri soner refused to do, but called occasionally to see her there. On one of these occasions he was informed that he need not come there any more, as Sarah had got married to another person. He then determined, as he said, to " get shut" of his wife altogether ; and, in pursuance of this resolve, got married to a young woman named Susannah Taylor, to whom, however, he had communicated the circumstances relating to his previous marriage.—Guilty; two months' imprisonment, and hard labour. Daniel Holt was also indicted for bigamy. The prisoner was, several years ago, married to his first wife. He lived with her for several months and then abandoned her. This was at Ashton. He went to Liverpool, and married his second wife, one Elizabeth Robinson. She had heard he had another wife living, but he denied it. About nineteen months after the marriage, the first wife same over from Ashton. The second wife lived with him for some short time after this, and then left him. She had a child in her arms at the trial, which belonged to the prisoner—Guilty ; six months' imprisonment, and hard labour. Sarah Brown pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, in having married one James Hardcastle, at Rochdale, her first husband, Edward Brown, being then alive.—Sentence was not passed. William Seddon was also indicted for bigamy.—To be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months. John Walker and Michael Whaling were charged with a burglary at Pendleton, in the house of Catherine Wait. After a long detail of circumstantial evidence, and an attempt to prove an alibi on behalf of the prisoner Walker, the prisoners were both found guilty.—To be transported for life. CIVIL SIDE-EXIITII V. WALIM. This was an action to recover money paid by the plaintiff to the defendant, in purchase of certain chares in the Monks Ferry Company. The shares had been contracted for in 1836, when at the price of 6/. 10s., or 30s. premium.—Ver diet for the defendant. CROWN SIDE-SATURDAY. Richard Doran and William M'Guire were indicted for a highway robbery on the person of Mr. John Atkinson Simp. son, at Manchester, on the night of Tuesday, the 30th of De cember last. Evidence was given of admission being made by the prisoners after being taken into custody. Doran was apprehended on the Friday night following, on the road near Manchester, he bad then two pistols with him.—Guilty, sen tence deferred. CIVIL LIDS.-11OLT V. nrroN. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. Ac cording to the statement of the counsel for the plaintiff the de fendant was a dealer in cotton-waste near Oldham. The fa ther of the plaintiff was in the same line of business. About four years ago the defendant began paying his addresses, the plaintiff being then eighteen years of age. In November, I 536 a child was born. Subsequently to this event it was en deavoured to arrange a marriage between the parties. The defendant, however, was not satisfied on the subject of for tune, and he subsequently married another person. After evidence had proceeded some way, the cause was arranged between the parties, on terms which did not transpire. CORONERS' INQUEST. On Saturday an inquest was held at the sign of the Red Lion, in Chambers-street, Goodman's-fields, before Mr. BAKER, the Coroner, and a respectable jury, on view of the body of Mrs. Ann Long, the widow of an officer in the Royal Navy, aged fifty-four, who was found dead on Friday morning. _ _ _ After the jury were sworn, they proceeded to view the body of the deceased, when a scene presented itself that it would be almost impossible to deseribe. The body of the wretched woman, who, it appears, was in the receipt of a pension of 50/. per annum as an officer's widow, was stretched on a litter of dirty straw, placed on the floor of a miserable back-room in the house 45, Rosemary-lane, as naked as when she had been born, with the exception of the filthy remnant of a sheet, which was thrown over it, and partially covered her person from the breast downwards, and the only articles which the wretched apartment contained was a bottomless chair and a small dirty table. After taking a hasty view of the body, the jury re turned to the inquest room, when the following evidence was laid before them, accounting for the death of the deceased. Mrs. Hannah Hepson, the landlady of the house, 45, Rose mary-lane, had known the deceased upwards of twenty years. She was a widow of William Long, who was a First Lieute nant in the navy, and had a pension of 50/. per annum. The deceased and her sister, who was in a state of imbecility, had for some years lodged in her (witness's) house, and she merely kept them there in consequence of a solemn promise she had made to their mother on her dying bed, that she would never turn them out. They were both most dreadfully addicted to drink, and used to part with everything they possessed to ob. taia it. Juror—What has become of the deceased's clothes ?—Wit ness—She had none, nor anything but what you saw. Juror—Why she is perfectly naked, with the exception of the filthy cloth thrown over her?—Witness—Yes, Sir, that used to be her only article of clothing. The witness then proceeded to say that on Tuesday last the deceased drew a moiety of her pension, and as soon as she did the pints and the half pints of gin, pints and half-pints of rum, pots of porter, and quantities of pickle, of which, it appeared they devoured abundance, began to flow in, and continual intoxication was the consequence. Cormer—When did you next see the deceased ?—Witness —Not till she was dead, but about one o'clock on the Friday morning one of the lodgers in the next room heard her say to her sister, " For God's sake bring me some water, 1 am going to hell." The sister, however, refused to get up, but desired her to go to sleep, upon which the lodger brought some water, supposing that the deceased wanted it, to the door, but neither of them would open the door. At about half-past five o'clock on Friday morning the sister of the deceased came to witness's room and knocked violently at it, saying, " Misses, missee, Nancy is dead." A policeman was sent for, and on going to the room the deceased was found dead as before de scribed. The Jury returned a verdict, that the deceased died from natural causes, accelerated by her dreadful propensity to drink and the wretched manner in which she lived. The Duke of Wellington gave a sumptuous banquet on Thursday evening, at Apsley House, to the officers of the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards, of which his Grace is Colonel-in-Chief, on their departure for service in Canada. The magnificent service of gold plate presented to the Duke by George IV. was used at the banquet. There were present the General, Lord Hill, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Sir W. Gor don, and Sir J. Macdonald, who received special invitations; Colonel Doyley, commanding the battalion, Colonels Grant, Vernon, Harcourt, Stanhope, Barnard, Greenwood, Craw fu Captains Hon. J. Lindsay, Ho n . W. Leices terr,d'Pe Torrens, rcel Joddrell, ; Nicholson, Hon. G. Cadogan, A. C. Lewis ; Lieutenants Hon. Gordon, Hon. Hugh Manvers. Percy Home Purves, son of the Viscountess Canterbury, Spencer, Clifford, Mitchell, Wynyard, R. Peel, Dawson, and Ridley. THAMES TUNNEL.--A notice has been issued, accompanied by a small map of the river in the neighbour hood of the tunnel, requiring all vessels passing up and down the river to keep to the southwrad of the hoy or large mud barge moored over the end of the works, the enormous quan tities of clay thrown down to form an artificial bed on the northern side of the stream rendering it somewhat dangerous for vessels with a large draught of water to pass to the north of the hoy, or within many yards of it. This obstruction to the navigation, partial as it is, is very inconvenient to the shipping when the Pool is in a crowded state. The extent of the aperture through w hi c h the water burst into the tunnel on Tuesday morning has been as cer t a i ne d, by means of the diving bell, to be of small dimensions, and has been closed up by means of several barge loads of hard clay thrown down over the spot, which will be allowed to settle firmly on the fracture of the works two or three days longer before the water is pumped out of the tunnel, after which the excavation will be continued as heretofore. THE COAL TRADE MONOPOLY.---The Dur ham Chronicle says on this subject—" We will just repeat what we have before pointed out—that the cost of carrying coals from the ships in the Thames to the cellnrs of the con sumers exceeds in amount the northern " monopolists"'t barge for procuring the commodity and leading it from the i its to the water side for shipment—a distance varying from five to ten miles ; or the freight paid to the shipowner for taking it from the shipping port to London—neither of which charges will average 10s. per ton. S PORTIN G INT ELLIGEN CE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. CHESTER TRADE CRY. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime 6 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley 7 to 1 aget General Yates's Sylvan—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Wentworth 10 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Mersey 14 to 1 agst Mr. Clarke's Magician 14 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's Zohrab 15 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Parolles 100 to 6 agst Mr. Bowes's Lord Stafford 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Catherina—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Honldsworth's Combat 25 to 1 aget Mr. B. Collett's Conservative 25 to 1 agst Mr. G. Cooke's Rachel 25 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Fusiloer 100 to 8 agst Mr. Allan's Vesper STRATFORD.ON-AVON STEEPLE CHASES- THURSDAY. A Sweepstakes of 3 eons. each, with 53 added, 12st. each. fo ur miles. The winner to be sold for 1501., &e. 12 Subs. Mr. Marshall's b. g. Railroad Capt. Fendall's gr. h."Grayling Mr. Cockbill's b. g. Little Bob _._ ___ - 4 Mr. Waddell's b. M. Virginis. Mr. Reynolds Capt. Child's blk. h. Sultan The following also started, but were not pla . c . e . a . : O —l n g er t a , ; Lamb's b. g. by Manfred (Mr. Barker), Mr. Ball's b. g. Dll'eu wood (Owner), Mr. Devine's b. h. Sir Thomas Lawrence (u" . " ner), Mr. Hadley's b. g. Regllia )Mr. Burton), Mr. Macdonald's hr. h. Waverley (Owner), Mr. Alillward's b. g. Deceitful (Mr' Powell), and Mr. Sedgley's b. g. Premier (Mr. Ivens.) W °n I I three lengths after a pretty race. A Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 15 added ; llst. 71b. About three miles. The winner to be sold for 40/., &c. • Mr. Millward's b. Deceitful Mr. Powell I Mr. Edwards's b. Pilot Mr. Mayon's b. g. Salamanca Mr. Reynolds Mr. Russell's b. h. Edward Morgan... 'sir. J. Gamble 4 Mr. Devine's'b. h. Sir Thomas Lawrence Owner 5 A most excellent race, and won by a neck only. LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASES.—FainAr. A Sweepstakes of 25 SOTS. each, with 150 added ; 12st. each , . Four miles across the country. 15 Subs. Lord Macdonald's b. m. The Nun Mr. J. Mason I Mr. Walker's Sportsman Mr. M'Donough's Sir William The following also started, but were not placed:—Lord Suf fiald's b. g. Jerry (Mr. N. Alasosi), Sir E. Mostyn's ch. g. War wick (Mr. Powell), Captain Lamb's b. g. Vivian (Captain Bee' char), Mr. M. Stanley's Captain Bob (Mr. J. Christian), Air. Coke's Manchester (Captain White), Mr. Vever's b. g. Chant/ (Mr. Newman), Mr. Jones's ch. g. Disowned (Mr. Parker), Mr' Elmere's b. g. Lottery (Mr. Barker), Mr. Atkins's b. g. ton (Mr. Boultby), and Mr. Fowler's Champion (owner). Betting-4 to 1 agst Nun (taken), 4to 1 agst Manchester (taken), 6 to 1 agst Vivian (taken), and 8 to 1 agst any other. Vivian had the best of the race about three fields from ho u ll when he floundered at a boggy drain, and lost his chance ; a gle race followed between the Nan, Sportsman, and Sir William, t mare winning by about a length. A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added. Two miles. , Mr. M'Donogh's Sir Thomas Owner Mr. Ball's Needwood ............ ,s The following also started, but were not placed:—Air . Dreadnought (owner), Mr. Low's Landscape (Mr. Patrick) , " ti : Low's Little Jerry (Mr. Smith), annd Mr. Low's Blaekloc k Parker). Needwood came in first, but ran en the wrong side o f a flag, and was distanced. The other four, by souse IltiStike , ra four miles instead of two. HUNTING AP PO IN TMENT S. Mr. Hoanley's hounds on Thursday at Thornton Village; Sat day, at Hubberd's Hills-11. Sir C. Constable's staghounds on Friday at Coniston-1 1 . in: The Holderness hounds on Thursday at Burton Constable -- " Saturday, at Elton Village-11. The Duke of Grafton's hounds on Wednesday at BeacharrlPt° Grove ; Friday, at Woodend Green—at eleven. The Oakley hounds on Thursday at Flitwick ; Saturday, 3t. Svaineshead--at eleven. Mr. Drake's hounds en Thursday, at Rycote Kennel; Saturclai, Fenny Compton-wharf—half-past 10. At Mr. Errington's hounds on Thursday at Rollestone ; Friday, Six Hills—half-past 10. ,rhur The Atherstone hounds on Wednesday at Fisherwick; O. day, at Wharton Village; Saturday, at Seal Wood—quarter f 5 10. Duke of Rutland's hounds on Friday at Aswarby at Mr. Muster's hounds on Wednesday at Bulcote ; Saturday' Red Lodge-11. Mr. Villebois's staghounds on Thursday at Harpley- 11 . Sir J. Flower's hounds on Wednesday at Larlingford Bridgeti-rday, Mr. Dalyell's hounds on Wednesday at Hamett Gate ; Sa t at Boxwood—half-past I'l The Gunton on Thursday at Frettenham Common—lit - P as I. The Knapton harriers on Friday at Sadler's Mill, Posto n — 11. Mr. Sandiford's on Saturday at Browne's Arces,Fulmodee tori- 10. The• Brookside harriers on Friday at Telscombe Tye-- - ha lf ir r idgy The Brighton harriers on Wednesday at the racecourse ; at the Dyke-11. Cora" Colonel G. Wyndham's hounds on Thursday at Saltbox mon ; Saturday, at North Heath, Eastbourne—half-past 11. Fri- Mr. D. Radcliffe's hounds on Wednesday at Warden 1 -1,1 " ' day, at Gaddesden Park; Saturday, at Brieket Woudi_ hf..nas t 10. The Cambridgeshire on Friday at Brampton W." 4 n gley• The Heythrop ou Thursday at Chapel House; Friday, at nosot. Lord iloretisn's on Thursday at Fairford; Saturday, at , e , The Duke of Beaufort's hounds en Thursday at Yate TurnP lk Saturday, at Tippat's Inn. th--th The Surrey and Kent staghounds on Friday at Walton ilea , r The Bedale hounds on Wednesday at Tunstale Vil la g e ; k ,1 at Pepper Hall Saturday, at Salutation Inn, Leeming Lans•—;., The Cleveland hounds on Thursday at Lackenby The Ilurworth hounds on Friday at Oak Tree Tillage-9. Tne Sinnington hounds on Friday at Lingmoor-9. The Duke of Cleveland's hounds on Thursday at Thornton flail Saturday, at Raby Wood—half-past 10. Lord Harewood's hounds on Wednesday at Hook Moor ; Friday , at Stulton Mill—half-past 10. at The Badsworth hounds on Thursday at Owston ; Saturday, Shafton Two Gates—half-past 10. THE RIVER AND THE DESART.--I 3 Y MISS an d the ber PA RDOE.—The Rhone and the Chartreuse (the river co rde.- . desert of which Miss Pardoe has in these volumes re recollections) abound in subjects on which feeling al r f it a c n i: c :h . a s i ! !ilea as those to which the pen of this enterprising frequently given eloquent expression, would naturally dellgilicl to real. There are few pages of this work in which it vv,c' t ,.. be difficult to trace something of that power, whether ot stract reflection or of graphic description, that gives s° 113 0 7:5 earnestness, force, and varied beauty to Miss Pardoes 5 re ,. of pictures of " The City of the Sultan," which she h as cently produced.—Court Journal. 14 Some artillerymen who were working a fe w deep ago at the fortifications of the citadel of Antwerp, found, ted in the earth, a small shell, which had no doubt pestra 10 there during the last siege. A dispute arose amongth,sng as to whether or not it was charged, and one of them aPPl)died, a match to it, imprudently blew it with his mouth ; it explo and he received the whole contents in his body. He was ell' vied to the hospital, and died there soon after. MEMOIRS OF SIR W IL LIAM KNIGHTO g ' The Life of this distinguished individual, from the P en its Lady Knighton, will be published in a few days. Ar"n'ica contents will be incl u d e d a se r ie s of royal letters unparalle 0 in number and interest. Those from his late Majesty Ge l. I V. will be pursued with eager curiosity and earnest attento„„ The Journal which the King himself kept on his visit to Ir° land will be given in the Memoirs. Just published, to be had Gratis, I,asr NEW MUSIC.—A Quantity of MUSICAL 8 0. Lis t playing upwards of 400 Airs, Overtures, ix., being for Sale, es , of the Music is now published ; also the prices of the Musical 13° ';', 5 . The List can be sent by post, as a single letter. May be had irrter, from T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watching`ty See., 47, Coi nhill, London ( Seven Doors from Graeechure BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., in Portland-place, Mrs. Clinton Alur dock, of a son. On the 10th inst., in Albion-street, Hyde-park, Mrs. Fr° 4ler Beale, of a daughter. o f At Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on th e 10 t h i ns t., the lady Captain Sandham, Royal Engineers, of a son. Es q" On the 12th inst., the lady of Frederick Be c kf or d Long, of a son. Ft. On the Bth inst., at Prittlewell, Essex, the lady of the Rev' Ed Onen, of a son. the 24th inst., the wife of Mr. R. Twineham, news all Davies -street, Grosvenoare, of a con. On the 18th inst., in r-s Man qu sfield-street, the lady of R. Jen l6o, Esq., M.P., of a son. On the 19th inst., at Fulham, the lady of tke Rev. E. ICeP esll' of a daughter. MAI On the 13th inst., at Bremhill E D. ,RR Wilts, by the Rev. Walter i rth g e; Rector of Calloway, in the same county, William, eldest son Rev. Giles Haworth Peel, of Avon Cliff, Warwiekshire„,to Jui only daughter of William Whitworth, Esq., of Stanley, W ilts* Ca.s - On the 22d inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Mr. J. " Mr. sell, of Camden-town, to Mary Ann, only daughter of the late Dunsford, of Bath. On the 9th inst., at the British Embassy, Paris, the cerelol having been previously performed according to the rites of thenciar, man Catholic Church, Victor Amedee Comte de Ripert Mo so , to Mary Clementina, only (laughter of the late Edward Jern in i n Esq., and neice of Lord Stafford. DIED. the At Madeira, on the 24 th ult., Mary Turner Long, ni ece of late Lord Farnborough. ffene t On the '22d inst., at Cheltenham, aged 12, John Plarit i v Edward Henry, fourth son of Lord Wm. Somerset. vele) . On the 19th inst., at Bosahan, aged 31, the Rev. John 11.° $. r d, Mitford, Vicar of Manaccon, Cornwall, eldest son of John O tl°- Esq., barrister-at-law. On the 22d inst., in Berk e l ey - square , th e i n fant son of genii Baring, Esq. Ca o pt n ai t n he J. 2 \ l V st . i L ns o t n . f, at ag l e v d r 6 o 4 x . ham- On the 23d inst., in Hans-place, Sloane-street, Frances , w ife of On T t h . e S 2 o l u s t t h i w n e s 11,, Mr.. jet hall, Norfolk, Margaret' r elic t Dra yton , Wright, gen., of vv ei Middlesex, aged 71 . . Edward W• • ' H . g h " On the 13th inst., aged 48, Mr. James Wooden Martyr, of ' street, Borough. Ha rd On the Ilth inst., aged 73, Philip Lybbe Powys, Esq., o f wick H x ouse, Ofordshire. On the 13th inst., at an advanced age, Frederick Ls Clere, E's l ' of Cumming-street, Pentonville. g hes- On the 18th inst., at Uxbridge, Miss Harriett Norton , of Be ter, aged 47. S w O ay n nteh Claridge,6th o f of t o h v e e m H b o e n r . , t a, ,,, t o m S p e a c n u y n . i d e 3 r 4 a t ta R d , e g C i m a p e t n a ti nof WI r T : : Native Inf 16th antry, aged 3 "7. ° boo, On the ult., at Torquay, Devonshire, Dr. Thos . D roe aged 69, late of Suffolk-place, Pall-Mall, East, Physician to Forces. He was Principal Medical Officer at Brussels at the ti g of the battle of Waterloo. __.—sseiree London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11 0 . Strand , i n the ono of Middlesex.—Monday, March 26, 1838.